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Page 115
... Chief Justice and myself to buy to avoid a castigation . I shall bring it home for your edification . " She wrote and printed a great deal , but seemed to rely almost en- tirely upon her ability to blacken private character . Among her ...
... Chief Justice and myself to buy to avoid a castigation . I shall bring it home for your edification . " She wrote and printed a great deal , but seemed to rely almost en- tirely upon her ability to blacken private character . Among her ...
Page 117
... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States -was Van Buren's champion . Butler was at that time a man of about fifty years of age , with a handsome , intellectual face , of large reputation as orator and jurist ; but he ...
... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States -was Van Buren's champion . Butler was at that time a man of about fifty years of age , with a handsome , intellectual face , of large reputation as orator and jurist ; but he ...
Page 131
... chief , he is conceded to have been the founder of his party . Born in South Carolina , on the 10th day of November , 1808 , and dying in Philadelphia on the 14th of March , 1860 , he was qualified for a longer career , though it may be ...
... chief , he is conceded to have been the founder of his party . Born in South Carolina , on the 10th day of November , 1808 , and dying in Philadelphia on the 14th of March , 1860 , he was qualified for a longer career , though it may be ...
Page 146
... chief elements of his prestige . Henry Clay possessed and knew how to use it . His charms were unrivaled eloquence , supreme am- bition , innate patriotism , commanding presence , and magnet- ism of men and women . John Quincy Adams ...
... chief elements of his prestige . Henry Clay possessed and knew how to use it . His charms were unrivaled eloquence , supreme am- bition , innate patriotism , commanding presence , and magnet- ism of men and women . John Quincy Adams ...
Page 191
... Chief Justice Chew , of Pennsylvania , was born in Baltimore on July 25 , 1801. He had one brother older than himself , who died in his infancy , and he remained an only son with four sisters . The preparatory studies of Mr. Carroll ...
... Chief Justice Chew , of Pennsylvania , was born in Baltimore on July 25 , 1801. He had one brother older than himself , who died in his infancy , and he remained an only son with four sisters . The preparatory studies of Mr. Carroll ...
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